Date: 18-Sep-2012 From: Jose Esteban Hernández <spanus_contact2013utpa.edu>Subject: 24th Conference on Spanish in the United States and 9th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other LanguagesE-mail this message to a friend

Full Title: 24th Conference on Spanish in the United States and 9th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
Short Title: SIUS

The University of Texas Pan American 24th Conference on Spanish in the United States and 9th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages March 6-9, 2013 Casa de Palmas Hotel McAllen, Texas

Conference Theme:

Language Contact, Conflict, and Confluence at the Edge of the Nation

Plenary Speakers:

Ana Maria Carvalho, University of Arizona Jennifer Leeman, US Census Bureau/George Mason University Rena Torres Cacoullos, Pennsylvania State University Pablo Vila, Temple University

2nd Call for Papers:

We invite submission for papers in all areas of language research related to any aspect of Spanish in the United States or Spanish in Contact with Other Languages including but not limited to the following: bilingualism, educational policies and practices, formal aspects of US Spanish, heritage language learning and teaching, language and identity, language and the law, language change, language contact, language ideologies, language in politics and politics of language, language maintenance, language planning, language policy, language rights, linguistic variation, mass media and Spanish, Spanish in the professions, and Spanish and the economy. Multidisciplinary, multimethods, and collaborative cutting-edge scholarship is welcome.

Abstracts not exceeding 300 words (excluding title and references) should be submitted electronically no later than October 19, 2012. Papers will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period. Authors may submit a total of two abstracts, one individual and one joint. Submissions for panels will also be accepted. A panel should include a 300 word description and four abstracts related to the panel theme. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Papers/panels may be delivered in English or Spanish, with papers in Spanish especially encouraged. 2. Abstracts must clearly present a specific thesis statement and include a description of topic, approach, and conclusions. To preserve anonymity during the review process, authors should not include their names or otherwise reveal their identities anywhere in the abstract. 3. Please specify the title of the paper/panel, area of research, name, academic affiliation, and email in the abstract submission. 4. Abstracts must be submitted through EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs):